JWST detects water vapor in a planet-forming disk

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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🗓️ 16 August 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Giulia Perotti and Thomas Henning from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy join Planetary Radio to discuss their team's detection of water vapor in the inner region of the protoplanetary disc that is already forming worlds.

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0:00.0	How do rocky worlds get their water?
0:03.9	New data from JWST adds another piece to the puzzle, this week on Planetary Radio.
0:14.7	I'm Sarah Alhmed of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our
0:19.0	solar system and beyond.
0:22.0	A team of researchers using the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, has detected water
0:27.6	vapor in the inner region of a proto-planetary disk that is already forming planets.
0:33.3	Julia Praudy and Thomas Henning from the Mox Plunk Institute of Astronomy join us to talk
0:38.0	about their team's research and what it might be able to tell us about the formation of
0:42.1	worlds like Earth.
0:44.0	But first, you'll hear from the Planetary Society's most recent intern, Ariel Barreiro,
0:48.6	as she reflects on her summer working with our team.
0:51.7	Then Bruce Betts, the Chief Scientist of the Planetary Society, will join me for
0:55.0	what's up, and a conversation about Terminator zones.
1:00.6	Here at the Planetary Society, we believe that space is for everyone.
1:04.5	No matter who you are or where you come from on this planet, we all deserve to know more
1:08.6	about our place and space, and have opportunities to work in the field if that's what we choose
1:13.2	to pursue.
1:14.6	As part of our organization's commitment to making the space community more inclusive,
1:18.9	we've been very lucky to have a series of wonderful interns from the Z-Factor Fellowship
1:22.9	join our teams.
1:24.6	Ariel Barreiro, our most recent intern, just ended her time with us last week.
1:29.2	She's here to talk about her summer at the Planetary Society, and what fellowship programs
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